THE water supply situation in Bulawayo has deteriorated, with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) increasing water shedding hours to 108 per week as it awaits the government’s response to declare the situation a state of national emergency. BCC increased the water shedding days from 96 hours effective from Wednesday as the city reels from the…
A GARDENER who broke into his boss’ bedroom in the early hours of Tuesday morning and robbed him of US$1 100 while wearing a balaclava was jailed 23 months yesterday. Amon Murehwa pleaded guilty to the robbery when he appeared before Harare magistrate Sheunesu Matova. He was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment before six were…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITERS ©️ THE government has launched an urgent local and global appeal for financial and material aid to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, amid the rising death toll from the pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Harare City Council revealed yesterday that its…
©️ HEALTH experts yesterday told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that Zimbabwe needed to test people aggressively if the country was to succeed in containing the deadly coronavirus, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s death toll from the pandemic is rising, amid acute shortages of testing and isolation centres. It also comes as the…
©️ WHILE the Easter Holiday is usually associated with travelling and huge church processions and gatherings across the country, this year’s celebrations, starting today with the Good Friday, are set to be muted with people stuck indoors due to the threat of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic, which first broke out in…
©️ BUSINESSMAN Jimayi Muduvuri, pictured, has offered his two buildings in Kadoma and Chegutu for use as isolation centres as the nation grapples with the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes after the government said it is going to decentralise isolation and testing centres to all provinces. Muduvuri, who is also the patron of Zimbabwe Amalgamated…
WORKERS in the food processing industry have written to the Labour ministry expressing concern over lack of personal protective clothing among other challenges, saying that this exposes them to the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). The Food Federation and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (FFAWUZ), which is an affiliate of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU),…
CHINA yesterday donated computers to the government of Zimbabwe for video-conferencing in a bid to fight the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Chinese embassy in Harare has confirmed. Zimbabwe is currently on a 21-day lockdown but there are some important meetings which should be done, especially by top government officials. “Ambassador Guo (Shaochun) had a…
BancABC Zimbabwe has responded to the 21-day coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown by launching a virtual branch which allows customers to conduct all banking transactions through video and telephone. The launch of the virtual branch, which is pivoted on video banking capabilities, allows customers to interface with a teller face to face and perform their banking transactions…
ZIMNAT has appointed Elizabeth Rabvukwa as the new managing director for Zimnat Financial Services with executive oversight over Zimnat Asset Management. Rabvukwa will assume roles from outgoing chief executive officer of Zimnat Financial Services Munyaradzi Javangwe and executive director Oliver Lutz. The appointment comes at a time when the financial services group is positioning itself…
